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Recent developments in institutional elder care in China
— changing concepts and attitudes | | Author(s) | Heying J Zhan, Guangya Liu, Xinping Guan |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging & Social Policy, vol 18, no 2, 2006 |
| Pages | pp 85-107 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; China. |
| Annotation | Attitudinal changes toward institutional elder care in Tianjin, China are examined in this research, which sought to find out more about market competition for residential care, the quality of the care homes, and clients' level of satisfaction. Based on studies of 12 such sites and survey interviews with 265 older residents, this study compares institutional differences between government and non-government owned care homes. Findings suggest that government-owned homes still enjoy institutional and bureaucratic privileges in funding, staffing and insurance. Residents' overall evaluation of home quality was high; and their former living arrangements and financial ability were related to their willingness to stay in their own home. The unfair competition between government and non-government care homes is likely to hinder the development of a care home industry in the free-market system and to foster a growing gap between rich and poor older people in their capability and decisions to consider residential care. As adult children become increasingly unavailable due to the one-child policy and geographic mobility, institutional care for ageing parents is likely to become one of the major options for parent care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070109008 A |
| Classmark | KW: DP: 3F: 7DC |
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